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What does the term "principalities and powers" mean?

What does the term "principalities and powers" mean?

In some translations, I see the term “principalities and powers.” To what does this refer?

This will not be exhaustive, but for example, consider the KJV’s translation of Romans 8:38-39:

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor li…

With him I will speak face to face

פֶּ֣ה אֶל־פֶּ֞ה אֲדַבֶּר־בּ֗וֹ וּמַרְאֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א בְחִידֹ֔ת וּתְמֻנַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה יַבִּ֑יט וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א יְרֵאתֶ֔ם לְדַבֵּ֖ר בְּעַבְדִּ֥י בְמֹשֶֽׁה׃ Numbers 12:8

With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he wil…